An antenna instead of a torch, with a brightly lit tip and possibly some 
Christmas tree icicles to make it sparky sparkly.



--- On Fri, 1/23/09, Russell Senior <[email protected]> wrote:

> From: Russell Senior <[email protected]>
> Subject: [ptp-general] Re: Starlight Parade 2009?
> To: [email protected]
> Date: Friday, January 23, 2009, 11:35 AM
> >>>>> "Michael" == Michael Weinberg
> <[email protected]> writes:
> 
> Russell> I thought of this last year, when it was of
> course too late.
> Russell> I think this would be a fantastic way of
> getting exposure to
> Russell> lots of people who don't already know about
> us.  There is a
> Russell> $250 entry fee and we'd need some kind of
> float or display or
> Russell> uniforms or something.  The deadline for entry
> is March 6.
> Russell> If we want to do this (and, I think it's a
> fantastic
> Russell> opportunity for publicizing our mission), we
> should start
> Russell> talking about how, now.
> 
> Michael> The entry fee is pretty reasonable, but the
> float would make
> Michael> of break it. I think if we do it, we better do
> it cool, not
> Michael> just marching with a banner. Does anyone have a
> truck that
> Michael> could pull our float (or maybe just be the
> float)? Should it
> Michael> be bicycle powered? I think we could put
> together something
> Michael> pretty cool, lets start putting some ideas down
> on
> Michael> paper/wiki.
> 
> Leaving some of the technical issues aside for a moment,
> just to get
> the creative juices flowing, here's one idea:
> 
>   a Statue of Liberty, but with a Linksys WRT instead of a
> torch and a
>   laptop instead of a tablet or book or whatever she is
> holding.
>   Either out of paper mache or by painting a
> properly-draped person
>   head-to-toe in a copper-patina.
> 
> 
> -- 
> Russell Senior         ``I have nine fingers; you have
> ten.''
> [email protected]
> 
> 

      

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